Swing



Sept. 29, 1931. H. F. HOFFMAN SWING Filed Sept. 29, 1930 IerbertfLFofiMall,

Patented fiept. 29, 193i lJNlTE. STATES PATENT OFFICE SWING Applicationfiled September 29, 1930. Serial No. M35933.

My said invention relates to a swing and it is an object of the same toprovide a construction which shall be particularly fitted for use ofsmaller children in that the parts I are few and simple, affording asafe and steady support for the user while allowing much freedom ofmovement in the desired direction and being well fitted to afiord amaximum swinging effect in the desired di- 11 rection with a minimum ofeffort.

Referring to the drawings, which are made a part of this application andin which similar reference characters indicate similar parts:

Fig. 1 is a perspective showing my device in operative position,

Fig. 2, a side elevation, and

Fig. 3, a rear elevation, parts being omitted from each figure forclarity of disclosure.

in the drawings reference character in dicates a beam or other supportto which are secured a pair of hooks 11, 11 carrying chains 12, 12. Thechains are connected at their lower ends to bolts 13, 13 which formparts of a rigid frame work comprising said, bolts, a bottom bar 14which serves as a foot support and a pair of iL-shaped members 15, 15secured at their lower ends to the foot support 14 in any suitablemanner, extending then vertically upward and being flared outwardly attheir upper ends as indicated at 16, thus providing ample leg-roombetween the L-shaped members on the one hand and the parts 13, 14 on theother.

The members 15 are connected by a bolt 17 which serves as a pivot for aswingable upright 18 having at its upper end a handle, here shown ascomprising a bar 19 with hand holds 20 at opposite ends thereof. Thisupright 13 has a seat member 21 secured thereto, preferably at a pointsome distance above the pivot 17 and this seat member is relatively wideat its rear end and narrower at the front end. A brace 22 is secured atits inner lower end to the lower end of the upright 18, extending thenupwardly and rearwardly to the seat. The brace preferably has aflattened portion 23 for supporting the seat, which flattened portionwill ordinarily be fastened to the seat member. A chain,

rope or the like 24: is attached to the seat member 21 in any suitableway and extends thence upwardly to any suitable fixed upper support.

It will be noted that the hand support and the seat are in rigidrelation to one another, they being both fixed to the upright 18,thereby permitting the user to swing-with the minimum of change ofposition of the parts of the body. The pivot 17 being below the seat andbelow the center of the support member gives the user a desirablepurchase for causing the swing to operate with comparatively littleexertion, since the greater the distance between the hand support andthe bolt 17 the easier it is for the operator to cause the swing tooscillate. By connecting the handle to a member independent of thechains it is possible tosecure a see-saw action altogether independentof the chains and thereby to have a freer swinging movement. Otheradvantages will be obvious to those skilled in the art and it will alsobe obvious that many changes may be made in the form and relation ofparts all without departing from the spirit of the invention; thereforeI do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described inthe specification but only as indicated in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A swing comprising a foot support, a pair of L-shaped membersattached at their lower ends to the foot support and having their upperends flaring away from each other, bolts connecting the outer ends ofthe foot member to the adjacent outer ends of the respective L-shapedmembers, flexible supporting devices connected to said bolts, a boltconnecting said IL-shaped members near said foot member, an uprightpivoted on said lastnamed bolt, a handle member on said upright, a seatextending rearwardly from said upright above the pivot thereof, and aflexible support connected to the rear end of said seat, substantiallyas set forth.

2. A swing comprising a rigid frame having suspending means, an uprightpivoted on 2 mamas? the frame, said upright having handle means and aseat rigidly secured thereto, and suspending means secured to the seatat a sufficient distance from said upright to provide 5 space for a userbetween said last-named suspending means and said upright, substantiallyas set forth.

3. In a swing, a seat, an upright at the front end of the seat, handlemeans on said upright, frame members to which the upright is pivoted, afoot support fixed to said frame members, suspending means connected tothe foot member at their outer ends said frame members being bowed outto connect to said suspending means and also to provide leg room abovethe foot support, and suspending means for the rear end of the seat,substantially as set forth.

4. A swing comprising a rigid frame providing foot supporting means anda pivot above the same, suspending means for said frame member, a rigiddevice mounted on said pivot on the frame said device comprising a seatand a handle, and suspending means for said seat in spaced relation tosaid pivot. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HERBERT F. HOFFMAN.

